<s>
Celerity	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
descendant	O
of	O
the	O
freely	O
distributed	O
source	O
of	O
TCS	O
BBS	B-Application
1.43	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
nearly	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originally	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
Brendon	O
Woirhaye	O
(	O
The	O
Byter	O
)	O
and	O
David	O
Hicks	O
(	O
Moebius	O
)	O
in	O
1990	O
to	O
quickly	O
modify	O
an	O
existing	O
BBS	B-Application
package	O
to	O
meet	O
a	O
simple	O
organizational	O
need	O
(	O
separate	O
conferences	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
users	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
users	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
high	O
speed	O
(	O
9600	O
bit/s	O
)	O
communication	O
,	O
as	O
most	O
BBSes	B-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
could	O
not	O
pump	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
modem	O
quickly	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
I/O	O
and	O
display	O
subsystems	O
were	O
rewritten	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
package	O
got	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
n't	O
long	O
before	O
others	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
software	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
have	O
over	O
500	O
authorized	O
BBSes	B-Application
and	O
about	O
three	O
times	O
that	O
number	O
using	O
it	O
in	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
underground	O
pirate	O
,	O
hacking	O
,	O
and	O
phreaking	O
community	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
with	O
legitimate	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
church	O
BBSes	B-Application
,	O
non	O
profit	O
group	O
BBSes	B-Application
,	O
many	O
shareware	O
distribution	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
governmental	O
BBS	B-Application
in	O
Portugal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Celerity	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
Version	O
2.04	O
boasts	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Celerity	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
had	O
over	O
50	O
discrete	O
releases	O
between	O
1990	O
and	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
pioneered	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
technologies	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
commonly	O
seen	O
,	O
including	O
split	O
screen	O
multiuser	O
chat	O
(	O
8	O
node	O
maximum	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
file	O
distribution	O
network	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
"	O
liveupdate	O
"	O
system	O
where	O
BBS	B-Application
updates	O
were	O
distributed	O
,	O
a	O
cross	O
BBS	B-Application
message	O
board	O
and	O
email	O
network	O
(	O
CelerityNet	O
,	O
adopted	O
by	O
some	O
non-Celerity	O
BBS	B-Application
programs	O
)	O
,	O
FIDONet	O
support	O
,	O
offline	O
(	O
or	O
off	O
box	O
)	O
file	O
upload	O
processing	O
,	O
QWK	O
offline	O
reader	O
support	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
completely	O
change	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
new	O
user	O
application	O
including	O
new	O
user	O
committee	O
voting	O
,	O
"	O
geek	O
speak	O
"	O
mode	O
that	O
transformed	O
normal	O
text	O
to	O
leet	B-Language
,	O
and	O
unlimited	O
numbers	O
of	O
message	O
and	O
file	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alacrity	O
BBS	B-Application
was	O
a	O
premium	O
version	O
of	O
Celerity	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
which	O
was	O
not	O
broadly	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
most	O
notable	O
feature	O
was	O
an	O
AI	O
sysop	O
chat	O
which	O
incorporated	O
ELIZA-style	O
logic	O
,	O
sprinkled	O
with	O
references	O
to	O
current	O
posts	O
on	O
the	O
message	O
boards	O
and	O
recently	O
uploaded	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
